Chapter 180: Soul Rings Revealed, Shocking the Entire Arena, Transcendent Talent
The most luxurious VIP room in the Suo Tuo Great Soul Arena was tightly enveloped by a high-level soul tool formation that blocked both sound and soul power detection.
Outside the window, roaring cheers shook the very floorboards.
Inside, it was so quiet that only the gentle bubbling of boiling water in the gilded tea furnace could be heard.
The contrast between noise and silence was extreme.
Qian Renxue reclined lazily on a soft couch by the window, a white porcelain teacup pinched between her fingers.
The warm steam softened the sharpness hidden in her eyes, yet her gaze remained fixed with interest on the center of the arena below.
There stood the lone cyan-clad figure facing the Royal Fighting Team.
Her fingertips lightly traced the cool rim of the cup, a faint, playful smile curling at the corner of her lips.
She turned her head slightly to look at the Snake Lance Douluo, standing respectfully next to her.
"Snake Lance, focus and probe that soul master called Azure Star. What rank is his soul power exactly?"
Snake Lance Douluo gave a slight nod.
His soul power spread out silently like an invisible tide, sweeping across the arena below.
After a brief moment, he withdrew it and bowed as he replied, his voice steady:
"Reporting to the Young Lady, this person is approximately a Soul Ancestor."
Qian Renxue's fingers paused imperceptibly on the teacup.
Soul Ancestor!
Ah Qing from the chat group was also a Soul Ancestor.
A trace of understanding flashed through her eyes, her grip on the teacup tightening slightly.
Almost instantly, she was certain that this Azure Star who dared to challenge the Royal Fighting Team alone was the Ah Qing from the chat group.
She gently set the teacup on the small table beside her and leaned forward slightly.
Her earlier indifference faded, replaced by seriousness and curiosity.
Her gaze locked firmly onto Lin Qingmo at the center of the arena once again.
She knew better than anyone how strange and mysterious that chat group was.
Even so, using the strength of a Soul Ancestor to challenge the entire Royal Fighting Team alone was still excessively arrogant.
She had already reviewed the Royal Fighting Team's lineup.
All seven members were Soul Elders above rank 35.
Their captain, Yu Tianheng, was a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, already approaching rank 40.
The defensive power of the Shi brothers' Black Turtle martial soul was nearly unmatched among peers.
There was also Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Serpent poison.
Not to mention Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia, one of the continent's top healing martial souls, capable of supporting the entire team.
A well-coordinated ace team like this, even a veteran Soul King above rank 50, might not gain any advantage against their combined assault.
'Where exactly does this Ah Qing get the confidence from?'
Just as her thoughts turned,
In the arena below, the referee raised his flag high and then swung it down.
His loud voice, infused with soul power, rang out like thunder across the entire arena:
"The soul fight begins!"
The moment his words fell,
The previously noisy arena plunged into absolute silence.
Tens of thousands of spectators fixed their gaze on the stage.
Everyone subconsciously held their breath.
Everyone wanted to see what kind of trump card this soul master who dared to challenge the Royal Fighting Team alone possessed.
At the center of the arena, Lin Qingmo slowly raised his right hand.
A soft pale-blue glow quietly lit up in his palm.
Blue Silver Grass vines full of vigorous life spread out from his fingertips like flowing streams.
The audience froze for a moment, then instantly erupted.
"Blue Silver Grass? Did I see that right? It's actually Blue Silver Grass!"
"Isn't that the same martial soul as that Thousand Hands Asura from before?"
"Mad! Completely mad! Using the trash martial soul Blue Silver Grass to solo the Royal Fighting Team? This guy must be insane!"
"I thought it'd be some top-tier martial soul; turns out it's Blue Silver Grass. What's even worth watching in this match?"
Laughter, shock, and doubt surged like waves, sweeping across the entire arena.
The members of the Royal Fighting Team laughed even harder.
Yu Tianheng crossed his arms, looking at Lin Qingmo's Blue Silver Grass martial soul, disdain practically overflowing from his face.
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was impressive, but to him, it was nothing special.
And now another one appeared.
What did it mean?
He sneered at his teammates, "I thought it was some hidden trump card. Turns out it's just a useless Blue Silver Grass."
His tone carried clear disappointment.
"Looks like today's match will end much faster than we expected."
Osler laughed so hard he nearly doubled over.
"Captain, how about I just stand still and let him tie me up with his Blue Silver Grass a few times? I'm afraid if I make a move, he'll drop instantly."
Yet Lin Qingmo remained completely unmoved by all of this.
He simply smiled faintly and released his soul rings.
Four soul rings slowly rose from beneath his feet.
Purple, purple, purple, black!
Four dazzling lights instantly drew everyone's attention.
The first three were deep purple thousand-year soul rings.
And the fourth was pitch black, radiating a terrifying pressure that suffocated the air—a ten-thousand-year soul ring!
The moment that the black soul ring lit up, the entire arena fell into a deathly silence.
The audience, which had just been filled with noise and laughter, became so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
Nearly 10,000 spectators froze, as if petrified.
Every single person stared wide-eyed at the four soul rings beneath Lin Qingmo's feet.
Mouths hung open wide enough to fit a fist.
In the front rows, a soul master holding a wine jug dropped it with a loud "clang."
The wine spilled all over him, yet he didn't notice, only muttering, "I… did I drink too much and start hallucinating?"
An elderly soul master with white hair suddenly stood up, rubbing his eyes vigorously.
He even activated a detection-type soul skill at the cost of his soul power, trying to confirm the authenticity of those soul rings, his body trembling slightly.
A Soul Ancestor's fourth soul ring… is ten thousand years?!
How is that possible?
Throughout the entire soul master world, everyone knew there were ironclad limits to absorbing soul rings.
The theoretical limit for a Soul Ancestor's fourth soul ring was only five thousand years.
Only upon reaching Soul King could one even touch the threshold of the ten-thousand-year soul rings.
Yet now, Soul Ancestor had a genuine ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
And not only that, but Lin Qingmo's first two soul rings being thousand-year purple was also abnormal!
It was simply unimaginable!
…
Inside the VIP room, Qian Renxue suddenly stood up from the couch.
Her composed demeanor vanished completely.
She stared fixedly at Lin Qingmo in the arena, her fingers gripping the window ledge so tightly they turned pale.
Even her breathing paused for a moment.
She turned to Snake Lance Douluo, her voice carrying a trace of tension as she asked in a low tone:
"Snake Lance! Look carefully! Are those soul rings real?"
Snake Lance Douluo also shed all casualness, his expression extremely solemn.
As a Titled Douluo, he fully spread his soul power and carefully sensed the aura of those four soul rings.
After a moment,
He bowed and replied, "Reporting to the Young Lady, they are real."
"The first three are genuine thousand-year soul rings, and the fourth is also a genuine ten-thousand-year soul ring, at least over twenty thousand years."
His voice was dry, unable to conceal the shock.
"!!!"
Qian Renxue's pupils contracted sharply, her heart pounding.
They were actually real!
Having grown up in Spirit Hall, she had seen countless geniuses across the continent.
Even those known as the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall only absorbed their first ten-thousand-year soul ring after reaching Soul King.
Yet this Lin Qingmo had achieved what even top geniuses could not at the Soul Ancestor level.
At this moment, she finally understood where Ah Qing's confidence to challenge the Royal Fighting Team alone came from.
With such a soul ring configuration that completely overturned common sense, what would he have to fear?
"How exactly did he do it?"
Absorbing thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul rings beyond limits completely defied the most fundamental rules of the soul master world!
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